Development
Building one concept off of another.
Scaffolding
Composed of the brain, neurons, and the spinal cord.
The central nervous system.
Converting information into a usable form
Encoding
Our thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs are known as...
Cognitions
Struggles with focusing during daily tasks. Behavior is recurrent and not based on environment.
ADHD
Children get better at solving problems BECAUSE they are aware of their cognitive abilities/changes.
Metacognition
Chemicals that send information from one neuron to the next.
Neurotransmitters.
Retaining information over time
Storage
Our expectations cause us to confirm them.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Umbrella term for disorders such as hoarding disorder.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Author of attachment theory
John Bowlby
"mommy hungry"
Telegraphic Speech
Occurs when old, previously learned memories intrude with the recall of newer memories.
Proactive Interference
When we look within ourself for the explanation of a behavior.
Internal Attribution
Individuals who believed the illness came from the bile.
Socrates and Homer
Want to save/fix a person as a seemingly religious endeavor.
Messiah Complex
Baby exploring through 5 senses
Sensorimotor
A person uses maintenance rehearsal and doesn't store information very long.
Shallow Processing
Thoughts on how past events may have turned out differently.
Counterfactual Thinking
This form of therapy focuses on taking a person around the object or situation that they struggle with.
Exposure Therapy (CBT)
Theory of Psychosocial Crises
Erikson
Children who have had little to no contact with the outside world.
Feral Children
Model for the storage and retrieval of memory.
Multistore Model
Working toward a goal while denying access to that goal to others.
Competition
Kramer and Sprenger's book to diagnose witches in the middle ages.
Melleus Maleficarum